Make Stretch work on hatches

[AaronEllsworth]

I think this is a bug in AutoCAD that desperately needs fixing.  The stretch command should work on hatches.  Right now if the hatches are non-associative (and MANY of ours are) they get left behind by a stretch command and then have to be manually updated.

[M_Hensley]

AutoCAD has always not stretched non-associative hatches. If it stretched a non-associative hatch at all that would make it partially associative.

[doni49]

1. I agree that Acad has NEVER "stretched" a hatch (although in relatively recent versions, you can grip edit the hatch to change its shape).  But I could understand the benefit of such a feature request.  However, although Autodesk employees do (sometimes) visit these forums, they're mostly monitored by volunteers and thus there's a good chance AD will not even see this. Feature requests can be posted at the following address.
   
   http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=1109794
   
2. A hatch object is esentially a closed shape that has been filled in.  As such, I beleive that the dev team COULD enable stretching a hatch object.  It would work very similar to stretching a closed polyline.

[kimK7B54]

AutoCAD used to stretch hatch entities;  AutoCAD R14 does (version before AC2000)

I still use r14 as my preferred version.  Newer versions are just laiden with garbage features that slow down productivity.  Launching r14 takes less than 1 second also.

[scot-65]

First reassociate the hatch(es) using the Properties floating window.

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[aadish_rahman]

thanks

[jreidKVSUZ]

I am surprised at all of the answers given. AutoCAD has had this command for years now.

Go into your hatch window and select Hatch Associative.

Hatch your box. Then use your Stretch command and the hatch will then re associate to your new box size.

Hope this helps!  Happy New Years!!

JRR!